OPEN ENTERPRISE

INNOVATE-INSPIRE-IGNITE... THE POTENTIAL OF YOUR WORKFORCE

Introducing you to "Track in a day" The Creative Workshops run by Open Enterprise@ st-annes

Providing appropriate training and development to your workforce is very important to all organisations as staff are your most valuable resource. For organisations like yourselves, who take their corporate responsibility role seriously and who want to engage with local communities, this workshop provides the opportunity to fulfil both needs.

The workshops take place Open Learning, St Annes Community Services . The Centre provides educational services to people who may be vulnerably housed. Open Enterprise is a new venture set up as a social enterprise to offer creative workshops entitled "Track in a day" to organisations.
"Track in a day" will be an innovating and inspiring experience to ignite the senses. Individuals working as part of a team will have the opportunity to produce a piece of music on CD, and the associated artwork using photography. They will use audio, visual equipment and software to create an original soundscape and artwork for the CD cover.

Expert Tutors will provide the training, supported by Assistant trainers who have learnt skills within St Annes Community Services Open Learning. These Assistant trainers may have experienced homelessness/ drug and alcohol problems, mental health difficulties or may be refugee/asylum seekers. Contributing to the workshops enables them to undertake paid work and to develop their skills further to move on to other employment. We can also train new assistant trainers to fill these vacancies as they arise. Consequently by running these workshops, people who have experienced exclusion/disadvantage are assisted to develop their full potential.
Participants of the workshop will come away from the day with a CD that they have contributed to, an achievement in itself- but much more than this- they
- will have had a reinvigorating day away from the workplace, important to their health and well being

- will have had the opportunity to use creative skills and thinking they may never have utilised before,

- will have challenged themselves to move out of their comfort zone, to develop an understanding of themselves

- to have learnt a new skill and have renewed confidence

- to have worked as part a team

- have a better understanding of the experiences and potential of people who are often excluded from society, develop their awareness and social understanding.

This is a very exiting development and one that your staff will truly benefit from and will find very rewarding in a variety of ways.

To make sure that you and your staff benefit from the Open Enterprise Creative Workshops, we guarantee to keep in touch, so that the above benefits become really tangible within your organisation.

Please find attached a flyer and booking form with dates. These workshops will run all year and further dates are to be arranged.

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Book now. Places are limited to 8 people per workshop. Maximum.

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Block booking of up to 8 people are welcome